String Concatenation Clarification in python

Question

Why does the string concatenation operation 'A'+'\''+'B'+'\\'+'C' produce the string 'A'B\\C' instead of a single backslash. How to fix this?

And I don't want to make use of the print function to generate this pattern. I want this to be printed in the >>> prompt.

Does this answer your question? [Why do backslashes appear twice?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24085680/why-do-backslashes-appear-twice) — mkrieger1, Jun 10 '22 at 11:38

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '22 at 11:37

Why does the string concatenation operation 'A'+'''+'B'+'\'+'C' produce the string 'A'B\C' instead of a single backslash. How to fix this?

There's nothing to fix.

And I don't want to make use of the print function to generate this pattern. I want this to be printed in the >>> prompt.

That's nonsensical and not possible.

The python console shows the representation (repr) of the object. The repr of a string always escapes backslashes (and includes delimiter quotes) such that it can be pasted as-is as a string literal.

That is also why it changes the delimiter quotes depending on what quote style is embedded in the string (if any):

>>> '"'
'"'
>>> '\''
"'"

String Concatenation Clarification in python

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